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Stimulatory Effect of Angiotensin II on the Electric Properties of the Isolated Toad Skin

Stimulatory Effect of Angiotensin II on the Electric Properties of the Isolated Toad Skin

B Norris, J Concha, G Contreras, C González

Biochem Pharmacol. 1988 Aug 1;37(15):3005-9.

PMID: 2899432

Abstract:

In 1982 we showed that angiotensin II (Agt II) stimulates the bioelectric properties of the isolated toad skin and that this effect is blocked by pretreatment of the skin with indomethacine [J. B. Concha et al., IRCS Med. Sci. 10, 584 (1982)]. Ussing's technique and several inhibitors were used to continue this study on the isolated Pleurodema thaul skin. Serosal Agt II produced a dose-dependent increase in electrical parameters: a maximal concentration of 6 X 10(-6) M Agt II increased potential difference by 43 +/- 7.8% and short-circuit current by 51.5 +/- 7.7%. The responses were not affected by either alpha or beta blockers or by atropine. Indomethacine blocked responses to the calcium ionophore A23187 and to Agt II which were similar to each other. Additive effects of Agt II and of the calcium ionophore A23187 were found. No response to Agt II was obtained when Ca2+-free Ringer was used on the serosal side. Calcium channel blockers (nifedipine, verapamil, manganese), pentobarbitone and saralasin blocked the response to Agt II. This pharmacological evidence is in favour of the hypothesis that Agt II activates specific membrane receptors, leading to Ca2+ release and formation of prostaglandins which stimulate adenyl cyclase. This increases cAMP secretion, which in turn increases apical membrane permeability to sodium and enhances the active transport system.

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